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Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
Wales · Local authority
PlanningTrack collects planning applications and decisions from the public planning register of Torfaen County Borough Council. Search an address, application reference or proposal. Official Torfaen website
18,739 approved · 2,374 refused · 1,043 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 30 Jun 1986 to 29 Oct 2026. Most recent record check: 4 Nov 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Source: Welsh Government / DataMapWales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
L& On Bank Of R/About Motors Clarence Corner Pontypool Gwent
Received 15 May 1987Ty Gwyn Cottage Pantygasseg Pontypool Gwent
Received 1 Oct 198643 East Rd Oakfield Park Cwmbran Gwent
Received 2 Feb 19872 Commercial St Pontnewydd Cwmbran Gwent
Received 22 Oct 19862 Marl CRT Thornhill Cwmbran Gwent
Received 20 Jun 1986The Oaks Pentrepiod Pontnewynydd Pontypool
Received 16 Apr 2002Fairacres 14 Trelech CL Cwmbran
Received 10 Apr 20021 The Mall Cwmbran Gwent
Received 11 Sept 1987Llanyrafon Methodist Church Llanyrafon Way Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 2 May 200143 Pettingale Rd Croesyceiliog Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 2NZ
Received 16 Mar 1999Snatchwood Park Lewis Woods Pentrepiod Pontypool
Received 16 Jan 1998Hendaw Manor Rd Abersychan Pontypool Torfaen NP4 7EA
Received 5 Jan 1998Garage No. 5 CRT E Rear Of Wiston Path Fairwater Cwmbran 46
Received 1 Apr 1987Site Adj To Whitegate Hses Pentrepiod Rd Pontypool
Received 3 Aug 2001Shaheen T&Oori Green View The Highway New Inn Pontypool
Received 9 Nov 1999Silver Birch In Garden Of 1 Turnpike CL Pontypool Torfaen
Received 19 Nov 1998Roche Cottage Newport Rd Llantarnam Cwmbran Torfaen
Received 23 Jul 1998A E Transmissions The Auto Care Centre (Off Fountain Rd) Pontymoile Pontypool
Received 2 Jul 1997Unit 7 Blaenwern Avondale Ind Est Cwmbran
Received 10 Mar 1997The Old Yard Church Rd Talywain Pontypool
Received 13 Nov 1996Greenlawn JNR SCH Glascoed Rd New Inn Pontypool
Received 25 Oct 1993Iep Doncasters Ltd Blaenavon Division Forgeside Blaenavon Gwent
Received 28 Jul 1993Thistle CRT Ty Canol Cwmbran Gwent
Received 11 Dec 1992Friston Caerleon Rd Llanfrechfa Cwmbran Torfaen NP44 8TY
Received 10 Sept 2001Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
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Set up an area alertStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
Planning procedures in Wales differ from those in England. Use the authority’s own guidance for application requirements, comments and decision timescales.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for Torfaen County Borough Council, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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